§ Mr. Philip Hollandasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will
DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT—LIST OF BODIES WHOSE ABOLITION HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED SINCE MAY 1979 Name of Body Number of appointments Bodies already abolished or are expected to be wound up in 1980 Advisory Committee on Bird Sanctuaries in the Royal Parks … … … 6 Advisory Committee on Housing Co-operatives … … … … … 14 Advisory Committee on Trees in the Royal Parks … … … … … 7 Ancient Monuments Board Committee for Rescue Archaeology … … … 15 Area Archaeological Advisory Committees (13) … … … … … 143 Clean Air Council … … … … … … … … … 30 Construction and Housing Research Advisory Council … … … … 15 Construction Industry Manpower Board … … … … … … 8 Detergents and Allied Products: Voluntary Notification Scheme Scrutiny Group … 5 Environmental Board … … … … … … … … … 7 Hadrian's Wall Advisory Committee … … … … … … … 12 Housing Associations Registration Advisory Committee … … … … 15 Inland Waterways Amenity Advisory Council … … … … … 22 Location of Offices Bureau … … … … … … … … 5 Planning and Transportation Research Advisory Council … … … … 16 Regional Economic Planning Councils (8) … … … … … … 248 Standing Technical Committee on Synthetic Detergents … … … … 17 Bodies retained for the present but which will be wound up in due course Advisory Panel on Institutional Finance in New Towns … … … … 8 Commission for the New Towns … … … … … … … 15 New Town Development Corporations (16) … … … … … … 154 New Towns Staff Commission … … … … … … … … 3 Committee to Examine the Standards of Lawn Tennis in Great Britain … … 8 Recreation Management Training Committee … … … … … 10 Total … … … … … … … … … … … 783